Showing Results for "owning"

owning

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining permeating pervading placed possessing posted remaining residing resting sitting situated staying tenanting

WEAK

assigned to living in settled on taking up

Antonyms

WEAK

gone leaving removing

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

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Dana shareholders will end up owning 49.9% of the new entity.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The investment firm already has a direct commercial relationship with easyJet, owning a 2.14% stake in the U.K. discount carrier, Rowbotham says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The point is that owning a $500,000 investment ski lodge is a lot of work.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He was one of the first entertainers to recognize that there was more money to be made in owning your content, rather than just performing it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

I felt very comfortable just then, and it occurred to me that it wouldn’t be a bad life, owning a place like this.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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